Datastorm

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Datastorm is a Defender-like game for the Amiga published in 1989. Written by Soren Gronbech, it was inspired by Drop Zone for the Commodore 64. As such, the exact gameplay deviates from Defender in that the task on each level is to carry the 8 pods through a portal, with points on completing a level for each one you saved. The amount of points increases for each level - on levels 5,19, 13 and so on you get a new set of 8 and the scoring resets. Like Gronbech's Sword of Sodan it made full use of the Amiga's hardware, at a time when most games were direct ports from the Atari ST - the number of sprites moving smoothly around the screen is noteworthy. Some, including the Datastorm itself, cover almost the entire length of the screen.

[edit] Trivia

• Pressing F10 during play displays a hidden message or Easter Egg from the author
• Destroying all 8 pods unleashes four waves of tougher enemies, destruction of all four waves reverts the game back to normal, but allows collection of extra powerups, and increased points.

[edit] External links

• http://www.sodan.dk/oldbits/oldbits.html